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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)I am very happy to. The scheme is certainly not restricted to Ukrainian and Afghan refugees. It is designed to meet all local authority social housing needs. It is a measure to…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)We are pleased that LITRG is one of the many groups that we work closely with. We listen to them very carefully. Indeed, I met the head of the group only last week, I think, to…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I hope that clause 332 will be of real interest to hon. Members and their constituents. In recent years, there has been a growth in what are commonly called repayment agents. Hon.…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. This is about teamwork across the various authorities, and working with local businesses. We are very open to the idea that…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The work on the new investment zones is ongoing. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has begun discussions on hosting investment zones with local partners and…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Mr Stringer I thank the members of the Office for Tax Simplification for their contribution to the tax debate over the years. I had the pleasure of meeting some of them…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I apologise to the hon. Lady. I meant to refer to the wider area. I thoroughly respect the independence of the good people of the Wirral. We saw the regeneration and…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am in the situation that I find myself in from time to time, which is that, although I am extremely conscious of the desire for transparency, there is still the principle of…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I will commit to our trying to get an answer to the hon. Lady’s local authority about that. She will appreciate that other bids are run by other Departments. I am not intimately…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause and schedule 24 confirm that income tax and corporation tax exemptions will apply to “thank you” payments made to sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Of course, pretty much every decision that comes across my desk is political in nature. Officials have very much taken on board their responsibilities in this regard. The hon.…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)If I may, I will make some progress, because I want to deal with new clause 1 and amendment 2, which are important. On new clause 1, the Chancellor committed to Select Committee…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his comments, with which I agree. I will not pretend that the Labour party is in politics for different reasons from us. I genuinely believe that most…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank you, Mr Stringer, for your superb chairmanship of this Committee and Ms McVey for hers. I thank my ministerial colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Grantham and…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 341 makes the renewal of certain licences to trade conditional on licence applicants completing tax checks in Scotland and Northern Ireland from 2 October 2023. Clause 342…18 May 2023HANSARDDouble Taxation Convention: San MarinoA double taxation convention with San Marino was signed in London on 17 May. The text of the convention is available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the gov.uk website and…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)On the case cited by the hon. Member for Ealing North, clearly we would like banks to enter into the public-spirited nature of the Help for Ukraine scheme and other refugee…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)These clauses make changes to strengthen HMRC’s framework for approving aerodromes and excise businesses. Clauses 338 and 339 deal with aircraft carrying passengers or goods into…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)I wrote to the hon. Gentleman to set out the amounts and estimates that HMRC has given in its annual report and accounts about the collection protection in compliance yield, and…18 May 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)For ease and convenience, I will speak to all the amendments and new clauses as well as clause 346. First, I thank the OTS—18 May 2023